Jewelry display block



July 27, 1954 l. KQRN 2,684,820

JEWELRY DISPLAY BLOCK Filed Aug. 25, 195] Z INVENTOR.

Patented July 27, 1954 UNITED sTA'res ers OFFICE Korn di Company Designers & Manufacturers,

Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application August 25,1951, Serial No. 243,719

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a jewelry display block and more particularlytc such blocks that are used by jewelers to display rings and whichprovide both a support and attractively colored background for the ringor rings.

With such blocks it is desirable that the color oi' the background forthe ring or rings be changed from time to time both better to disu playthe stone of the particular ring being disn played and also to permit ofseasonal color changes of the entire window display.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide such ajewelry display block in which the face of the block can readily beremoved and replaced with a face having a diierent color.

Another most important object is to provide such a block in which themajor part of the block remains unchanged and in which only aninexpensive face plate need be changed to alter the effective color ofthe block and the background for the ring or rings.

Another object is to provide such a block which is very attractive inappearance and provides a desirable setting for jewelry display.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and drawings in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a jewelry display block embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the face plate thereof-removed andarranged in reverse to one side.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Fig. Afl is a front elevational View of a modied form of the inventiondesigned to display a plurality of rings.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 5-5, Fig. fl.

In the preferred form of the invention shown in Figs. l through 3, thejewelry display block comprises a base l@ which can be made of wood andoi any suitable form. On this base is secured, as by glue, a backingblock il which can also be made of wood and can be secured to the baseit by gluerl'his backing block il can be of any suitable conngurationand is shown as being oi' triangular shape in fore-andaft section so asto present a straight back face i2 and an inclined iront face lil. Thebacking block il is shown as being covered over all of its exposed faceswith a facing cloth it such as Velvet. This velvet lfl can be secured inany suitable manner and is preferably of a neutral tone so as te becompatible with various shades and colors of fac- (Gl. 24S-$3) ingplates which are subsequently applied to the backing block il ashereinafter described.

The hacking block ii is shown as provided at the approximate center oiits iront inclined face i3 with a horizontal slot or recess l5 whichextends perpendicularly to the face IS part way through the backingblock il, In the slot are inserted a pair of horizontal cushions it.Each oi these cushions iii is composed of a felt pad I8 adhesivelysecured to a cardboard backing strip i9, and the cushions are arrangedwith these backing strips engaging the top and bottoni of the slot l5and with the felt pads l in opposing relation to each other.

A cloth strip 2@ of silk or the like has its central part folded uponitself and inserted between the cushions it and has its ends arrangedagainst the forward face of the cloth facing le adjacent the slot. Thering (not shown) has its band part inserted into the slot l5 between thefolds of the cloth strip 2% so that its setting is displayed at thefront of the block, the felt pads l 6 removably holding the ring inposition.

The invention is directed to a removable face plate, indicated generallyat lli, for the jewelry display block. This facing plate is shown ascomprising a pair of cardboard plates 26 and 2t arranged one in front ofthe other and both being of the same shape and generally conforming tothe outline of the front face I3 of the backing block il.

Both oi` these cardboard plates t5 and 28 are provided with centralhorizontal slots 29, 30 which aline with each other1 and also with thering receiving grooves formed between the folds of the cloth strip 2liin the recess between the cushions ld. A pair of pins 3l are secured tothe face plate 25 to project rearwardly therefrom into holes 32 providedin the backing block il. For this purpose each pin 3i is provided with aflat head 33, this head being interposed between the two cardboardsheets 26, 28 and extending through a hole provided in the rearcardboard sheet 28.

The removable face plate 25 is covered with a facing 3d of velvet or thelike. velvet facing 35 has its edge part 3E extending around the edgesof the two cardboard sheets ZS, 28, and secured, as by glue, to themarginal part of the rear face of the rear cardboard sheet 28. At itscenter this facing 35 is provided with a hole 38 and the material aroundthe margin of this hole 33 is inserted between the two cardboard sheets2e and 28 to provide a nnished frame for the ring to be displayed.

In use, the jeweler is supplied with a single dis-

